The Bonnie Wee Lassie frae Gourock
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1971.071
Original Tape ID
Summary
Comic music-hall song in which the singer describes courting a young woman from Gourock.
Item Notes
Usually called 'The Bonnie Wee Lassie frae Gourock', in relation to Belle Stewart's performances on disc and in print, this is actually Harry Lauder's 'Piper MacFarlane'. The words were written by Lauder and Gerald Grafton, to music by Lauder, published and recorded for Pathé in 1906. Both MacColl & Seeger (in 'Till Doomsday in the Afternoon', 1986, pp. 262-264) and Geordie McIntyre (in his notes to 'Belle Stewart: Queen Among the Heather' CDTRAX9055, 1998) note that Belle learned the song from a broadsheet, from The Poet's Box in Dundee.
See also:
'Francis & Day's 2nd Album of Harry Lauder's Popular Songs' (no date, sometime between 1909 and 1912) pp. 44-45
Recording Location
County - Kinross-shire
Parish - Kinross
Village/Place - Kinross
Item Location
County - Renfrewshire
Parish - Inverkip
Village/Place - Gourock
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good